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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

1792 - 1878

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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852 and again from 1865 to 1866. The third son of the 6th Duke of Bedford, Russell was educated at Westminster School and Edinburgh University before entering Parliament in 1813. In 1828 he took a leading role in the repeal of the Test Acts which discriminated against Catholics and Protestant dissenters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell has received more than 1,151,951 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). John Russell, 1st Earl Russell is the 4,768th most popular politician (up from 5,417th in 2019), the 1,021st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,199th in 2019) and the 173rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ranks 4,768 out of 15,577. Before him are Guy Parmelin, Feng Yuxiang, Prince Charles of Prussia, Lucius Julius Caesar, Milo Đukanović, and Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark. After him are Princess Anna of Prussia, Gnaeus Pompeius, Bertrand de Blanchefort, István Széchenyi, Joan I, Countess of Auvergne, and Gaius Julius Vindex.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ranks 18. Before him are Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, James Mayer de Rothschild, Johan August Arfwedson, Maria Beatrice of Savoy, William, Duke of Nassau, and Johann Peter Eckermann. After him are Victor Cousin, Matteo Carcassi, Joseph Mohr, Francisco de Paula Santander, Carlos Antonio López, and John Bowring. Among people deceased in 1878, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ranks 21. Before him are Angelo Secchi, Ōkubo Toshimichi, Antoine César Becquerel, Mercedes of Orléans, Mariam Baouardy, and Henri Victor Regnault. After him are Carl von Rokitansky, Robert Stirling, Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Carlo Blasis, Władysław Tarnowski, and Mindon Min.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ranks 1,021 out of 7,765. Before him are P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Winifred Wagner (1897), Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156), Helen McCrory (1968), Peter Shilton (1949), and Gary Brooker (1945). After him are Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), J. Michael Kosterlitz (1943), Cynthia Lennon (1939), Samuel Bellamy (1689), Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), and Colin McRae (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ranks 173. Before him are Alexander III of Scotland (1241), Julia Gillard (1961), Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914), Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477), Warren Hastings (1732), and Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156). After him are Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), Alexander II of Scotland (1198), Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), and James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812).

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